Improvement in paper collars



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES SIOFEOBD AND VALENTINE FOGERTY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHU- SETTS,ASSIGNOBS TO THEMSELVES AND WILLIAM S. BELL, JR., OF

SAME PLAGE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 45,68 l dated December27, 1864.

To all whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that we, CHARLES SroFFoED and VALENTINE FOGERTY, both ofBoston, in the county of Sufi'ork and State of Massach usetts, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper Collars, and wehereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,making part of this specification, in which- Figure lis a plan of theinside of an open collar with a neektie attached to one end of the innerfold. Fig. 2 is a plan of the outside otan open collar with a necktiefastened to the upper edge of one end of the inner fold. Fig. 3represent-s two neckties attached to the collar, one at each end of theinner fold. Fig. 4 represents the inside of an open collar, showing theback side of a necktie, one end of its front being secured to the insideedge ofthe outer fold. Fig. 5 is a view of a collar with a necktieattached thereto, both being secured to the shirt by means ofa clasp.Figs. (i and 7 are views ot a portion of a collar having the imitationof a necktie stamped on the outer and inner sides ofthe inner fold.

The object of our invention is to furnish a cheap collar and necktiecombined, ot' neat appearance, which may be readily adjusted at oneoperation to its place on the neck, which advantages we obtain byconverting the ends of a paper collar into an imitation necktie.

To enable others skilled in the art to under stand and use ourinvention, We will now proceed to describe the manner in which we havecarried it out.

In all ofthe iigures ot1 said drawings, a represents the inner fold, andbthe outer fold, ota paper collar, A.

In Fig. l of these drawings a strip of fancycolored paper, c, answeringthe purpose ofa necktie, is pasted or otherwise secured to one end, d,of the inside of the inner fold, a, the end d being made longer than theend e, so as to overlay it and extend under the edge f of the outerfold, 1;,When both ends are secured to the shirt by any suitable claspor stud.

In Fig. 2 the strip of paper, c, is attached to the upper edge of theoutside of the inner fold of the collar when open, its end d also beingmade longer than the opposite end, e, which is firstbuttoned to theshirt, after which the end d is brought around the neck and buttoned, y

when the portion ofthe necktie above the line x a: is then turned overand tucked under the edgefof the outer fold, b.

In Fig. 3 two strips of differentcolored paper, c c, are attached to thecollar-one at each end of the inner fold-so that a change of necktie maybe readily Ina-de by the wearer.

The necktie seen in Fig. 4 is secured to the inside of the outer foldand made in the form ot' a bow, the back g of which is made ot' stiierpaper than the front, so that after it is tucked under the outer fold itremains in place Without any liability of being disarranged, and thisnecktie may be used without a clasp or stud, the ends of the inner foldbeing buttoned to the shirt.

The necktie made in the style of a bow, as seen in Fig. 5, is providedwith a hole for the reception of a stud or clasp, L. By stamping one orboth ends ofthe inner fold (see Figs. 6 and 7) we are enabled to producea neat imitation of a neckt-ie, the end d in Fig. 6 being made longenough to extend over the end c, in a manner similar to that describedin Fig. 1, When the collar is buttoned, while in Fig. 7 the end e ismade considerably longer than the end d, so that after the latter isbuttoned the end eis buttoned over it and turned down on the line y y,and is then tucked under the edge 7c ot' the outer fold, while the end eis brought up under the opposite edge, I, ofthe same fold.

The combined collar and tie above described, on account of its beingfurnished at a small cost and being readily adjusted at one operation toits place on the neck, becomes a very desirable article of Wear, and ismore particularly intended for summer.

In the foregoing description we have spoken of the necktie as being madeof paper; but it is evident that other suitable material-such asleather-may be used without departing from the spirit of our invention.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

Converting the ends ot a paper collar into an imitation necktie,substantially as described.

VALENTINE FOGERTY. CHARLES SPOFFORD. Witnesses:

P. E. TEsoHEMAoHEa, N. W. STEARNS.

